英语词汇“quash”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

quashquash /kwɑʃ/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYquash

Origin: (1, 3) 1200-1300 Old French quasser, from Latin cassus having no effect, void

VERB TABLE

quash

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	quash
	he, she, it	quashes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	quashed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have quashed
	he, she, it	has quashed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had quashed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will quash
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have quashed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am quashing
	he, she, it	is quashing
	you, we, they	are quashing
Past	I, he, she, it	was quashing
	you, we, they	were quashing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been quashing
	he, she, it	has been quashing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been quashing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be quashing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been quashing

1to stop something, especially talk about something or a feeling that a group of people have: The company tried to quash the unwanted publicity.2to use force to end protests or to stop people who are not obeying the law: The police were brought in to quash the strike.3law to officially state that a judgment or decision is not legal or correct: The court quashed the convictions after a nine-day hearing. [Origin: (1, 3) 1200–1300 Old French quasser, from Latin cassus having no effect, void]